Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1887-10-10

Relief Corps elected Mrs. Hampton
of Michigan national president. and
Mrs. Cora Day Young of Toledo
Ohio, senior vice-president.
Meeting of the Orleans County Ed.
Vocational Meeting.
The society met for its eleventh
regular meeting at Barton Landing,
Oct. eth. Both president and vice
president being absent, the meeting
was called to order by the secretary,
and Rev. G. 5. Chase was chosen
president pro tenn.
Devotional exercises were conduct
ed by Revs. Roberts and Gates. af-
ter which Rev. W. n. Roberts, in APP
propriate words, welcomed the teach
ers and their friends to the village
and its houses.
Miss Edna E. Fayer, being unable
to be present, sent an excellent es-
say, which was read by Mrs. o. ".
Locke. This essay drew forth an in
teresting discussion. Supt. Dartt,
next on the program, spoke of ''Teach-
ers and their Work" Teachers are
too diffident. Too many of them have
never had the discipline which makes
it easy for them to perform cheerful
ly parts assigned them in a meeting
of this kind" To students, he said
with emphasis, "When asked to do a
thing, do it; for the discipline it will
give you, if for nothing else. .
Teachers, realize and try to impress
upon Your scholars the fact that they
are engaged in the most important
work of their life. Prepare yourselves
thoroughly teachers must be stu
dents. SchOol-rOOms must be tidy
and pleasant; teachers should make
themselves attractive" Supt. Dart 5
address was followed by remarks
from Rev. Chase, Prn. Martin, Pnn.
Palmer and others. Mrs. Hunt be-
ing absent, Prin. Sargent presented
the subject Of "School Management
in carefully prepared essay. By
vote of the society the essays of the
day will appear in the county papers,
so no abstract is attempted.
At one thirty, p. M, the meeting
was called to order in the audience
room of the Cong. church. Many
questions were presented and discuss
ed.
The question of Scientific Temper
ance Teaching was discussed at
length. Many opinions were called
forth, most of which were in favor of
the present law. After the questions
had been disposed Of, Mrs. Hunt
read practical essay on Primary
Teaching" 1t being past the time
for the debate, W. F. Clark desired
that the half hour assigned him to
speak on 'sAids in Teaching" be
given to the debate, and it was SO or
dered.
The next two hours were given to
a lively discussion of the following
resolution Resolved. that the Town
System of Schools should be made
compulsory by the State" in which
Judge Austin, Supt. Dart and
Geo. H. Blake appeared for the af-
frmative, and B. F. d. Carpenter,
Esq, and DR.. Lorenzo Grow for the
negative. Space forbids a resume
of the debate in this issue We hope
to give some of the points pro and
con at another time.
The hour being late, on motion of
Mr.. Clark, seconded by Supt Dart,
thanks were voted the people for their
courteous reception and entertainment
and to the Cong. society for the use
of their church.
The meeting was Of unusual inter
est throughout, between two and
three hundred people being present
during the day. Much credit is due
the Elk. committee for providing an
interesting program, in which there
was not a failure to appear on the
part of those whose names appeared
as participants. In the evening the
chnrch was filled with attentive lis
teners to Supt. Dartt on the question,
"Who is Responsible -